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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04
THREE-SCoRE AND TEN.

In looking back, as every thoughtful
person reaching such period in his life
must look, 1 have abundant reason for
gratitude and praise. My life has been
full of care, labor, and sorrow, but over
and above all, as sunshine on the
troubled sea, 1 have had blessings many
and great. The highest Of all count
this, that I have had the opportunity of
being useful. Far short, indeed, of do
ing what could and should have done
have come, and my failure 1 lament
before God this day. But it has been
the daily governing and abiding princi-
pie and purpose of my life, in strength
and weakness, in youth, manhood, and
old age, in the pulpit and the press, in
private and in public, everywhere and
always, to be useful in seeking to make
the world better and happier. Thus
would 1 glorify God and enjoy him.
How little l have accomplished, God
knows full well, and l take no credit
for anything, except that have sought
divine aid, and with it have tried to live
for others and not for myself. There is
not now living, and never was, being
whom l have Intentionally harmed or
wronged, while all whom have known
1 have tried to serve, as God gave me
the opportunity.
These things fill the minds OF many
as to be desired wealth, distinction,
and enjoyment. l have never sought
any one of the three; yet it has pleased
God to give me enough of the first for
my reasonable wants in old age; more
of the second than is convenient and
as much of the third as ordinarily at
tends a life of unceasing activity in
labor. The time for rest does not seem
to have come, and perhaps will not till
death or disability supervenes but the
love of wife and children and grandchil-
dren, all living in the joy of the Lord,
makes old age cheerful and glad, so
that at even time it is light.-Ihe late
DIR. S. Ireneus Prime.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

Senator Gibson spoke at the SER
vices held at New Orleans in memory of
Paul Tulane, and related this of his first
visit to him: "When went into his libra
ry, he said, made my fortune in Lou
isiana, and have always loved the people
of Louisiana. Do you know my property
there? There are thirty pieces He told
me what he desired done with them. 1
said, You will outlive me- He said, Il
would just as lief give it now drew
plan and submitted it to him, and he ac-
cepted it. On this we have drafted the
suggestions and plans of the benefcence
OF Paul Tulane"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

One of the clergymen of Boston
tells a story of Phillips Brooks, which is
quite too Brooksy not to be true. This
clergyman had occasion to look up a
very poor family, and climbed up four
flights Of stairs, in a noisome tenement
house, on his errand. His tap at the
door was answered by Phillips Brooks,
with baby in his arms. Inquiry re-
vesled the fact that the woman had been
very sick, and sorely needed fresh air,
but had no one with whom to leave her
little baby. Phillips Brooks found her
out, gave her tickets for horse-car ride,
and was staying tending the baby while
she enjoyed it.-Springfeld (Mass.) Re-
publican.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

TO Charles Sumner in Europe
Longfellow wrote from his Cambridge
home in January of 1859: Lowell has
lately written in the Atlantic couple of
very clever articles on Shakespeare.
Here Is reconcile joke from one of the
pages, TO every commentator who has
wantonly tempered with the text, or OBJ
scured 1T with his inky cloud of para
phrase, we feel inclined to apply the
quadrisyllabic name of the brother of
Agis King of Sparta FELTON, was the
first to find out the joke, and to remem-
Der, or discover, that this name was
Eudamidasp'
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

Mrs. Hettie Green, the Well street
woman OF many millions, is very particu-
lar in selecting the modest room she &C.
cupies in boarding house. Her first
question to the landlady is, "Are there
any reporters in the house?" If not, she
inquiries, "Haye any reporters ever lived
in the house2" If such disaster has oc-
CURED to the landlady, Mrs. Green cares
not to hear when it happened; the mere
fact that reporters have had a habitation
in the house is enough. She says "Good-
day" and is gone.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

"A good story is told of the three
year-old daughter of Mr.. Henry E. Alb
hey, the the atrical manager. While in
England, Mr.. Abbey rented a noble
mans estate and one day his lordship
came to dine with them. The little girl
heard him constantly called "my lord"
by the servants, and she listened wonder
lngly to form of address she had never
heard except in connection with her pray-
ers. After the nobleman had kissed her
she ran to her father exclaiming: ooh.
papa, God kissed mel"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

EVERY one is affected by politeness.
once gentleman went to Milton, the
author Of Paradise Lost" a man said to
be unacceptable to fattery, and said,
"Mr. Milton, they say you are the only
man in England who cannot be flatter-
3D." "Do they say that?" said Milton,
bis face beaming with smiles.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

DR.. Holmes, speaking of the fact
That ne was born in the same year (1sO9)
That witnessed the birth of Gladstone.
Iennyson, Lord Houghton (Which, the
doctor suggests, promotes humility rather
than vanity, makes this comment: Per.
sons OF the same year watch each other.
especially as the sands of life begin to
run low, as we can imagine SO many dam.
aged hour-glasses to keep an ey 9 on each
other"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04
NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Frederick Douglass is receiving
much social attention in Europe, but the
newspapers there make the mistake of
supposing him to have been United
States Senator. "From Slave to Sem
ator," is a heading to be seen on many
articles concerning him.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

Robert Bonner, of the New York
Ledger, lives in square, brown-stone
house, which is a copy of hundreds of
others in New York. He is worth S.
100000 or S6OOO,OOO, all made from
small printing office as a starting-point
thirty-six years ago.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

Mr.. George William Curtis is ex-
ceedngly fond OF flowers. The walls of
ms mansion, at Staten Island, are crowd
ed with portraits of eminent writer's
and OF Mr.. Curtis's literary and artistic
friends. "The kindheartedness and amia-
bility OF Mr.. Curtis" says the Toronto
Week, "are known to all, and the child
trips up to the author as he steps from
the railroad car at the station, feeling
assured of pleasant word, and often
times Is rewarded by kiss, for few men
are more devoted to children"
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

Miss Parloa, while giving lesson
TO a cookmg.class recently, let a vessel slip
and boiling water ran over her hands. She
sprlnkled the burns with soda, bandaged
them with her handkerchief and went on
with the lesson, her hands swelling into
puffy balls of pain, but not distractinp
her from her lecture, or causing a mo-
ment's stoppage in her running fire of
Jokes. Now, if Miss Parloa can turn ont
that kind of cooks her services will be
appreciated.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

1t Is stated that the late Miss Cathe-
rneWolfe had a codicil to her will prepar-
ed oy which several million dollars of her
fortune was to be placed at the disposal
OF the authorities of the diocese of the
Frotestant Episcopal church. But at the
very moment of taking the pen in her
hand she was stricken with faintness and
had to put off signing it to another oppor-
tunity, which never came.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04
THE LIFE OF THEW 0RLD.

FOLLOWING delivered Uivsalst
that forwarded
fopu in
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

-One OF the Stuart kings of England
asked the release OF a number of Hugu-
enots, who were languishing in the Bas-
tile for no offense but their religion.
what would your master say" retorted
the French king, sit we're to ask the re-.
lease OF the criminals he keeps under
LOCK and key in Newgate?" "He would
let you have every man of them if you
claimed them as brethren" was the clever
retort OF the English ambassador.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-06-04

- Tom Corwin had an enormous
mouth, which, when it opened, was as
huge in its way as an alligator's. He
once SAID ne had been insulted by Dea-
con Smith. The good brother asked for
rurther explanation. "Well," said Cor
win, when I stood up at the lecture
room to relate my experience, and 1 OPEN
60 my mouth, Deacon Smith rose up in
front and said, will some brother please
close that window and keep it closedY"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29

would be lying fathoms deep, and
her loss would have added one
more to the mysteries of the sea.''
There was a dead silence as the
speaker ended, and We pulled our
pipes thoughtfully for a few mo-
ments, until he added
THAT is a queer yarn, | know,
and if you can explain it, so much
the better. have often tried to
do so to myself, but cannot. l be.
lieve some unseen spirit was sent to
save those helpless souls that night,
in spite of all the clever reasons
which scientific men find for the
existence OF such things, and L
know that, but for that powerful
impulse which l could not resist,
we should have rushed upon our
doom. My yarn is a true one."
Then glancing up alOft, he said
"The wind is hauling round, and
we must have some Of that canvass
off her at once.'
With a CHEEKY goodnight he left
me, and | went below and turned
into my birth, the shrill notes Of
the bo'sun's whistle, mixed up with
the creaking CT blocks and the
"haul-i-oy' OF the watch in my ears,
as | thought over the curious story
which was told me by the second
officer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29
A SagacIous Dog.

A Virginia City (Eevada) family
removed to San Francisco few
weeks ago, and let the furnished
house 1t vacated to an old lady
Among the assets was large New
foundland dog. In the drawing
room of the residence is a large
cushioned easy chair, in which the
aged tenant is fond OF reclining
The dog watched wistfully for the
old lady to vacate this comfortable
seat and so soon as she did 80 it
leaped into the chair and refused
to leave it. The lady being afraid
to eject the dog violently, resorted
to strategy. She opened a window,
and, looking out, called "cats ~
The dog left the chair instantly
and leaped through the window in
search of the intruding felines,
while the lady sa. down in the
chair. The next day the dog en-
tered the room while the mistress
of the house was seated in the
coveted chair. Suddenly the ami
NAL rushed to the open window and
began barking furiously. The old
lady ran to the window to ascertain
the cause of the dogs excitement,
when the animal instantly leaped
into the chair she had vacated and
refosd to leave it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29
After TWENTY-FIVE Years.

CoRNITH, MISS, Jan. 10, 1887.
Ever since / came out of the war,
up to two years ago, had catarrh.
At times the disease was very Of
fensive. tried all the doctors that
| could see, and nearly every ca.
tarrh medicine that | saw adver.
tlsed but got no permanent re-
lief until two years ago, when | be-
gan taking S. S. s. | felt immedi.
ate benefit from the medicine, and
after taking six bottles felt like a
new man. When began using the
medicine | was in very bad con-
dition; my digestion was poor, l
had rheumatic pains in my knees,
and my feet were always cold
These unpleasant conditions were
remedled at once by Swif's Specific.
/ ceased using the medicine after
the six bottles, because | felt so
well that | thought was entirely
cured. This past fall, however, |
had a relapse-evidently L had
stopped taking s. s. s. too soon.
SO l at once began with the medi-
cine, and am happy to tell you that
| am very much improved, my gen
eral health being excellent, and the
catarrh rapidly disappearing.
have great faith IN S. s. S. for
catarrh and blood impurities, and [
recommend it to all my neighbors
who are sick.
Yours truly, c. G. KEY.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis.
eases mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Draw
er 3. Atlanta. Ga.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29
sLEAHIHSS.

By asserting the eggs, separat-
ing the dark from the light in
color, a higher price will be obtain
ed for the lot.
1t is very important with work
to do whatever is to be done
thoroughly, and as near the proper
time az possible.
Cows that have no bedding are
often injured in the knees by get
ting up or down, especially if the
floor be wet or slippery.
The wise poultry man sends his
yellow.legged fowls to market, as
such are preferred, but the dark
legged ones he uses on his own
table, in which respect, he secures
an advantage, as the best table
fowls do not have yellow legs.
At this season of the year stock
must be we'll cared for. We have
had a long, cold winter, and while
it has not been an unusually severe
one on sheltered stock, the possible
weather between now and the
coming OF grass may be, hence the
necessity of extra care and food
from now until it can be turned
into pastures.
A good garden. we'll supplied
with choice varieties Of vegetables
aud fruits, is one of the greatest
luxuries of the farm and household.
There is no farmer but can afford
to have just such a garden; no
farmer can afford to be without
one. A good garden and a good
COW will 60 a long way towards
supplying the table with good,
wholesome food for the family.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29
ST. NICHOLAS
for 1886I87.

Stories by Louisa ~ Alcott and Frank
Z. Stockton,-several by each author
A Short Serial Story by Mrs. Burnett,
whose charming Little Lord Fauntleroy
has been a great feature in the past year
of st. Nicholas
War Stories for Boys and Girls. Gen.
Badeau, chief-of-staff, biographer, and
confidential friend OF General Grant, and
one Of the ablest and most popular Of
living military writers, will contribute a
number of papers describing in clear and
vivid style some of the leading battles of
the civil war. They will be panoramic
descriptions of single contests OF short
campaigns, presenting sort of literary
picture-ga gallery of the grand and heroic
contents in which the parents of many a
boy and girl of to-day took part.
The Serial Stories include Juan and
Juanita,' an admirably written story of
Mexican life, by Frances COurtenay Bay
lor, author of On Both Sides; also,
Jenny's Boarding House, by James Otis,
a story of life in great city.
Short Articles, instructive and enter
tanning, will abound. Among these are I;
How a Great Panorama is Made by
lDeOQOIs II. DhNihj WIN pioluho llihoeia-
tions Winning q Commission Naval
Academy, and 'Recollectons Of the Ma
val Academy; Boring for OIL and Among
the Gas wells with a number Of striking
pictures; 'Child-Sketches from George
Eliot by Julia Magruder Victor Hugo's
Tales to his Grandchildren recounted by
Brander Matthews; Historic Girls by +.
S. Brooks. Also interesting contributions
from Nora Perry, Harriet Prescott Spoilord,
Joaquin Miller. II. II. Boyesen, Washing
ton GLADDEN., Alice Wellington Rollins, j.
r. Trowbridge, Lieutenant Frederick
Schwatka, Noah Brooks, Grace DEMO
Litchfeld, Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, Mrs,
8. NJ. b. Piatt, Mary Mapes Dodge, and
many others, etc, etc.
The subscription price of st. Nicholas Is
50 90 a year; % cents number. Sub.
scriptions are received by booksellers and
newsdealers everywhere, or by the publish
ers. New volume begins with the Novem'
Der number. Send for our beautifully
illustrated catalogue (free) containing full
prospectus, etc, etc.
THE CENTURY co. New-York.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29
AGRICULTURAL DOA'TS.

Don't lie.
Don't cheat.
Don't growl.
Don't whine.
Don't keep a worthless cur.
Don't use poor implements.
Don't let your pillow get rusty
nor dull.
Don't let your mind get rusty
nor dull.
Don't stint your family In home
comforts.
Don't starve your stock nor skin
your land.
Don't own more land than you
can work we'll.
Don't imagine that you will ever
get through learning.
Don't expect your COW to do
much better by you than you do
by her.
Don't throw away money by
allowing good manure to 60 to
waste.
Don't die without contributing
your mite towards making the
world better.
Don't treat your horses with
more consideration than you do
your family.
Don't chew tobacco unless you
are willing to divide with your wife
and family.
Don't contract a debt unless you
are sure that you can pay it and
make money by it.
Don't expect that the Lord will
help you unless you make vigorous
efforts to help yourself.
Don't put a dollar in the bank
that is needed to make the house
more convenient and the home
more happy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29
Remsdy for Potato Bugs.

One exchange tells of a farmer
who has tried a new remedy for po'
tato bugs with success. He pro-
duced a number of boards and
placed them here and there among
his potatoes, and on the boards
we're placed raw potatoes Sliced
At noon on the first day Of the e1'
pertinent he and his hired men
found every piece OF potatoe COW
cred with bugs. The men killed
this crop and st night another crop
was killed though not so large and
in q weeks time not bug could be
seen, and his trouble with bugs af-
ter this was comparatively small
In the spring, he says, is the best
time to attend to bugs, as a spring
bug, he understands, breeds from
800 to 500 during the potato sea
sou. He thinksit would be a good
plan to dip the pieces of potato in
Paris green, as 1t would save the
work of killing them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29
1887. 1887
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29
BOYS, TARRY ON THE FARM.

There are always some restless
spirits in the world who think it
their mission to SOW the seeds of
discomfort in the minds Of the
young. They seem never to be so
we'll pleased as when they can
make them dissatisfied with their
life surroundings, and impatient to
drift into ways and circumstances
new and all untried. Many a boy,
happy and contented with his rural
home and its numberless accesso-
ries to rational enjoyment, has been
disquieted and lured away by en-
ticing stories of gayer scenes, fewer
hardships and greater opportunities
for making money in the cities, only
to find at length that in the new de-
parture he had not realized the OBJ.
iects Of Interpretations. Ofthe gay
er scenes of city life, it may be said
that they are generally expensive,
costing time, money, and often
health and lifetime regrets. OPP.
portunities there are for making
money by city traffic and ventures,
but for every prize there are many
blanks, and generally years Of hard
and patient struggle. Boys, II you
would like to satisfy yourselves
more fully about the difficulty OF
obtaining paying employment in
the cities, look over the swami"
columns of their daily papers. In
them you can count the applicants
for something to do by the hun.
bred. Advertisements for clerks and
statesmen are few, but each one OF
them brings a press OF eager seek
ers for the means of subsistence
Our advice to you, then, is to tarry
on the farm. Stick TO the home
stead, where your fathers and grand
fathers lived, prospered and died.
There you can at least have plenty
to eat and wear. You can find some
thing there to do which will sub.
stantially pay you better than most
OF the employments in the crowded
cities for which there is ever such a
feyerish rush and scramble. While
you are blowing the burrows and
rearing the harvests, you will be
away from many great and disturb
ing temptations, and you will stand
a good chance of securing for your
selves health, strength and length
OF years.-BdltO. American Farmer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-04-29

STANDARD TIxE.--East OF HuntiIeto, -.,h
meridian, or Eastern time; West Of iun.,n 80
vOth meridian, or Central time, WITCH ia M I,
hour slower thAn Eastern Il ne, "De
NO. l. daily, except sunday, Rchnon. A..
Shiton Forge; leaves clifton Forge tsiIy 49, ~
saturday, arrive Cincinnati and Lots,iis 49,
to Huntington. AVN '"i'on foFg
Nos. and s, daily, between Hmtips,on nA
Ohiton forge: No. 2, daily except Bundss 80
folk. Wv i'ntand Nor
Nos and 4, Solid Trains daily. st,A ..,,.
sleeping Cars, between Washinetcp n,st
local business. not stop for
NO. o, daily, except Sunday, finn r..,.-,,,.
Cincinnati, and Lexington. arrk.. Louavliis
foi ge daily, except Monday leay,s 80 Clfton
for Old Point daily, except Snsd."on Forge
Cars huntington to Clifton roree ~5' sleeping
CHARLOTTESVILLE AccoNMon.-.
arrive Obs rIottesyille, n.eo spusMAS 1855 p. N
Trains NO. 8 connects with m.
steameTs at Newport News. : 90 b NJ Domlnisn
dAy, Tuesday, Wednesday and s,insa,on Mon
New York next afternoon. arrives
For Rates, Tickets. Baggage chat.
sny once Of 4 o. R'y; or Depol q, ~ spply TO
ofeonnectinelin iiekst once
O W SMITH, Hoo
9enl Pass